REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
January 7, 2021
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: WILLIAM C. HERR, Assistant Director
Public Works Department
BY: KARL LENHOF, Chief Engineering Inspector
Public Works Department
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Contract Change Order 18 in the amount of $0.00 to Klassen Corporation to increase contract time by seventy-eight (78) working days for the Police Department Southeast Substation, Project ID FA00007 (Council District 5)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that City Council approve Contract Change Order 18 in the amount of $0.00 to Klassen Corporation on behalf of the City of Fresno to increase Contract Time by seventy-eight (78) working days for delays in completion of the project due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The COVID-19 Pandemic, which was been declared a national emergency by President Trump on March 13, 2020 and California local authorities, has caused unanticipated delays to the project, specifically to the fabrication and delivery of materials resulting from stay at home orders and business lockdowns. The impacts of these delays resulted in an overall delay in completion of the project by seventy-eight (78) working days. Klassen Corporation (Klassen), the General Contractor who was awarded the referenced project, has submitted a Notice of Claim to the City regarding the delays to the project which Klassen asserts the delays caused as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic were out of their control. City Council approval of Contract Change Order No. 18 allows for resolution of Notice of Claim No. 2, and will not increase the Contract amount.
BACKGROUND
On December 6, 2018, a Contract was awarded in the amount of $6,405,000 to Klassen for the Police Department Southeast Substation project. The Notice to Proceed was issued with starting date March 18, 2019, and completion date of April 24, 2020. There have been (17) Contract Change Orders executed to d...
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